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In the U.K. they tend to be called nonces Always weird when you stumble into an encryption conversation
by midasuni 3y ago
In the U.K. they tend to be called nonces
Always weird when you stumble into an encryption conversation
- delecti 3y agoA former coworker started a startup, and very nearly used it in the name until he was informed of how the UK views the word.
- mptest 3y agoHow did nonce get that meaning in the uk? I've always known nonce to be a single use number
- rolph 3y agosomething like: Not Observing Normal Community Exercise
- delecti 3y agoSeems it's unclear https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce#Etymology_2 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce#Etymology_2 > 1975. Unknown, derived from British criminal slang. Several origins have been proposed; possibly derived from dialectal nonce, nonse (“stupid, worthless individual”) (but this cannot be shown to predate nonce "child-molester" and is likely a toned-down usage of the same insult), or Nance, nance (“effeminate man, homosexual”), from nancy or nancyboy. The rhyme with ponce has also been noted. > As prison slang also said to be an acronym for "Not On Normal Communal Exercise" (Stevens 2012), but this is likely a backronym.
- mptest 3y agoWow, "backronym". Cool word. Interesting something can be widely accepted among a nation and have little to no surety about etymology
- delecti 3y agoJust wait until you hear about "okay". It's widely used in languages around the world, and there are dozens of competing etymologies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_etymologies_of_OK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_etymologies_o...
- mptest 3y agoThat was an incredible read. thank you for that. "Oll Korrect", Old kinderhook(!) , oke okeh, Ohne Korrectur. Etymology is awesome. I really overestimated how much we know about our own language I guess!